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IMPORTANT DAYS:

World Population Day observed on July 11:

·World Population Day is being observed
today. The theme this year is Investing In Teenage Girls.

·This
day is observed every year to focus attention on the urgency and importance of
population issue.

·China
is the world's most populous country with around 1.4 billion inhabitants, but
India is set to overtake China by 2022

NATIONAL:

India and Kenya sign number of
agreements:

·India and Kenya signed a number of
agreements covering defence, tourism, agriculture and trade, avoidance of
double taxation and exemption of Visa for official passport holders.

·A
Memorandum of Understanding was also signed in the field of space Technology
partnership.

·India
would provide concessional credit of 60
million dollars for power transmission project to Kenya.

·Mr.Modi
also announced that India has donated an indigenous cancer treatment machine BHABATROM.

·An MOU
on defence cooperation was also signed, allowing for the greater staff
exchange, training, cooperation in hydrology and supply of equipment.

üKenyan
President --Uhuru Kenyatta

üKenya
Capital —Nairobi

üKenya
Currency- Kenyan shilling

India, Tanzania signed five agreements:

·India and Tanzania inked five agreements to enhance the bilateral cooperation
between the two nations.

List of MOUs/Agreements

ØMoU
on Cooperation in the field of water resource management and development
between the two countries.

ØMoU
on Visa waiver agreement for Diplomatic/Official passport holders between the
two countries.

ØAgreement
on Joint Action Plan (JAP) between National Small Industries Corporation of
India (NSIC) and Small Industries Development Organization Tanzania (SIDO).

ØMoU
for Establishment of Vocational Training Centre at Zanzibar.

ØLOC
of 92 million US dollar for rehabilitation and improvement of water supply
system in Zanzibar.

üTanzania’s
President John Pombe Joseph Magufuli

üCapital:
Dodoma

üCurrency:
Tanzanian shilling

Maharashtra Police launches four apps to
strengthen public security system:

·In
order to strengthen public security system, Maharashtra police has launched four mobile apps for timely
intervention into emergency situations.

·Meghalaya Governor V.Shanmuganathan
inaugurated the launch of PradhanMantriSurakshitMatritvaAbhiyan (PMSMA) in the East Khasi Hills District of
Meghalaya at a programme organized by the office of the District Medical &
Health Officer, East Khasi Hills District, under the aegis of the National
Health Mission.

·The
inaugural programme was followed by a daylong Free Medical Camp for Pre-Natal
and Post-Natal care which was availed by hundreds of women and children.

ABOUT PMSMA:

ü PMSMA Scheme is a new initiative of the
central government aimed at boosting the health care facilities for pregnant
women especially the poor.

üThe scheme provides that pregnant women
would be given health check-up and required treatment for free on the 9th of
every month in all government hospitals and health centers across India.

Meghalaya:

üCapital – Shillong

üCM – MukulSangma

üGovernor – V. Shanmuganathan

Auto Ingress sets up first assembly unit
in Tamil Nadu:

·Auto Ingress, Manufacturing Company of
automatic sensor doors has set up its first assembly unit at Chennai
(Maraimalai Nagar) with an investment of about Rs 12 crore.

·The unit, set up at SIPCOT Industrial Park,
is spread across 20,000 square feet and will produce automatic sensor doors
priced between Rs 50,000 and Rs 3 lakh per unit.

·The factory will have an initial capacity
of producing 4,000 units a year operating in a single shift, he said. The
company plans to convert the factory into an automatic operator manufacturing
plant in coming years.

Tamil Nadu:

üCapital
– Chennai

üCM
– J. Jayalalitha

üGovernor
– Mr.Rossaiah

JK’s first Seed Processing Unit to come
up in Kathua:

·In order to produce and procure high
quality seeds for cultivation and generate employment in the state, A seed
processing unit will be set up in Jammu & Kashmir to help farmers.

·Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan
Singh to set up the first-ever modern and exclusive seed processing unit in
Jammu and Kashmir will be set up at Kathua.

·Kathua
is an important nucleus center of his parliamentary constituency and in the
last two years, it is credited for having been bestowed with several “firsts”
in the state

J&K:

üCapital
– Srinagar (Summer) , Jammu (Winter)

üCM
– Mehbooba Mufti

üGovernor
– N. N. Vohra

Hemis festival to begin in India on July 14:

·The Hemis festival will be held between
July 14 and July 15 at the Hemis Monastery in Ladakh.

·The
largest Thangka (Tibetan Buddhist painting on cotton) will be unfurled this
year after twelve years, as 2016 is the Tibetan Year of the Monkey.

International:

Shinzo Abe's party attains majority in
Upper House of National Diet:

·Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ruling
Liberal Democratic Party and its allies on claimed victory in an election for
the upper house of parliament National Diet.

·Prime
Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling coalition already enjoys a two-thirds majority in
the lower house and they needed a super majority in the House of Councillor’s
to start a parliamentary motion for changing the constitution.

World Bank:
President : Jim Yong Kim
Headquarters: Washington, D.C., United States
World Bank Group:
World Bank Group has five international organizations:
♦ International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)
♦ International Development Association (IDA)
♦ International Finance Corporation (IFC)
♦ Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA)
♦ International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID)